ΣαδδουκαῖοςSaddoukaîos
a Sadducæan (i.e. Tsadokian), or follower of a certain heretical Israelite
Greek (New Testament) · G4523
Meanings
a Sadducee: Matthew 3:7, Matthew 16:1, Matthew 16:6, Matthew 16:11-12, Matthew 22:23, Matthew 22:34, Mark 12:18, Luke 20:27, Acts 4:1, Acts 5:17, Acts 23:6-8.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 14 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 3:7 But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to watch him baptize, he denounced them. “You brood of snakes!” he exclaimed. “Who warned you to flee the coming wrath?
- Matthew 16:1 One day the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, demanding that he show them a miraculous sign from heaven to prove his authority.
- Matthew 16:6 “Watch out!” Jesus warned them. “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
- Matthew 16:11 Why can’t you understand that I’m not talking about bread? So again I say, ‘Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.’”
- Matthew 16:12 Then at last they understood that he wasn’t speaking about the yeast in bread, but about the deceptive teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
- Matthew 22:23 That same day Jesus was approached by some Sadducees—religious leaders who say there is no resurrection from the dead. They posed this question:
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.